Force global commitments. For several months in both 1968 and 1969, all wing aircraft, most aircrew and maintenance personnel, and some support personnel were loaned to other SAC units engaged in combat operations in the Far East and Southeast Asia. The 70th Bomb Wing and its components ceased operations and inactivated on December 31, 1969, with Clinton-Sherman AFB concurrently inactivating as a USAF installation. A KC-135 aircraft and crew from the base were lost in the 1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash. See also Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields References Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1961 (republished 1983, Office of Air Force History, ). Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. . strategic-air-command.com External links Article about closing of Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base Installations of the United States Air Force in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Washita County, Oklahoma Military airbases established in 1954 Post-World War II aircraft storage facilities 1954 establishments in Oklahoma 1969 disestablishments in Oklahoma Military installations closed in 1969 World War II airfields in the United States